"My mode" settings

[Tony_Collins]

My g3 has a couple of modes, C1 & C2 which allow camera settings to be saved. Does anyone find them useful? eg MF to hyperfocal distance and small aperture/high ISO for quick grab shots with no autofocus delay. What settings do you use?

[Per_Ofverbeck]

I found them VERY useful (I still own the G3, but nowadays I use a Digilux 2). They "remember" just about every setting on the camera, even the focussing distance and focal length. I used one for quick shooting in available light (ISO 200, manual on 1/15 s, f/2, 35 mm, manual focus at 2 m). Just as fast and responsive as my M2 (minus that "Leica feeling" [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]) , settings easily adjusted when needed, but always starting up "in the ballpark". The other one was for macro (ISO 50, spot metering, 100 mm, aperture priority on f/5.6, close focussing). Even with the D2´s setting rings, I still miss the convenience of those settings....

[Tony_Gamble]

Tony,

I had a G3, before moving on, mistakenly I think, to the Pro 1.

I found fill flash the least intuitive mode on the G3 - not nearly as easy as on my 1Ds.

So I set one of the Custom Modes with those settings.

But, I can't remember using it much so I must have got the hang of fill as I used the camera more.

Any help?

Tony
London UK